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The British Are Coming—a review of The Patriot Witch, A Spell for the Revolution, and The Demon Redcoat by C.C. Finlay

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:56:50 -0500

A delightful blend of historical fiction and fantasy, with a clever idea well executed...

David Barnett sells popCULT! to Pendragon Press

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:23 -0500

UK author David Barnett sold limited-edition rights to popCULT! to Welsh publisher Pendragon via John Jarrold...

Apex Magazine's first issue of the new era

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:32:50 -0500

Apex Magazine returns after a short hiatus with fiction by Jeff Carlson, Glenn Lewis Gillette, Alethea Kontis, Jennifer Pelland...

2009 Sunburst Award Nominees

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:11:13 -0500

The shortlists for this year's Sunburst Awards for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic have been announced. This is the first year there will be a Young Adult award. The winners will be named this Autumn. The nominees are...

2009 Prometheus Award Winners

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:23:24 -0500

The winners of the 2009 Prometheus Awards (ceremony to come at WorldCon) are Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week in June

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:01:45 -0500

Other than transforming robots, sf/f/h films are moving out of the top spots, because most of the recent new flicks aren't ours. We still own the mid-range in the charts, and there are animated dinosaurs and live-action wizards a-comin'…

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 28 June-4 July 2009

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:54:07 -0500

The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated...

Coming back on-line: thanks for bearing with us

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:14:24 -0500

SFScope moved to a new home over the holiday weekend, but it was quite as immediately habitable as we thought. We think we've got the bugs worked out...

I Was a Teenage Vampire—a review of True Blood's "Scratches"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:38 -0500

This episode was sharply written, snappily directed, fun to watch. The series has not failed to entertain on any level... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

Carol Berg's "Rai-Kirah" books two and three sell in France

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:31:02 -0500

French rights to Revelation and Restoration, the second and third of Carol Berg's 'Rai-Kirah' novels, sold to Bragelonne...

Adam L.G. Nevill sells two untitled horror novels in auction to Pan Macmillan

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:22:16 -0500

Adam L.G. Nevill, whose first horror novel, Banquet for the Damned, was published in September 2008, sold two untitled novels in an auction conducted by agent John Jarrold and won by Pan Macmillan...

Actor Karl Malden Dies

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:58:34 -0500

Actor Karl Malden (1912-2009) won an Oscar, an Emmy, and the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award. He was a Broadway, movie, and television actor, and also made a few genre appearances, including...

2009 Endeavour Award Finalists

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:43:26 -0500

The finalists for this year's Endeavour Award, given to a sf/fanasy novel by a Pacific Northwest writer, are...

Most Popular Articles: June 2009

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:08:52 -0500

The most popular SFScope articles during the month of June were...

SFWA Grand Masters, by Nation of Birth

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:15:09 -0500

SFWA Grand Masters, by Nation of Birth